Author: Dr Madelene Ong
Drinking H2-rich water makes your body react like it’s fasting.
When you drink water with high concentrations of molecular hydrogen, it goes into your stomach and quickly reaches your blood, attaining a peak within minutes.
The hydrogen-rich blood then circulates through your heart and lungs. Although it leaves your system within an hour, its residual effects can last for hours, days and even weeks.
Additionally, it will take a few hours for it to reach its antioxidant function as it works through the Nrf2 pathway and it takes some time for these genes to be expressed and produce antioxidants.
Researchers have discovered drinking H2-rich water…
- Helps reduce oxidative stress, or damage from free radicals, caused by a high-sugar diet.*
- Mimics the effects of fasting or restricting calories by up to 20 percent.*
- Promotes the secretion of gastric ghrelin, a hormone that offers protective benefits for your brain.*
- Supports healthy plasma glucose, insulin and triglyceride levels, similar to the effects seen with diet restriction.*
- Suppresses body-weight gain in mice, suggesting it may rev up energy metabolism in humans.*